firefox save dialogue doesn't show network drives

[yeeking]

Binary package hint: firefox

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.

firefox:
  Installed: 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Candidate: 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
        500 http://ftp.ticklers.org intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://ftp.ticklers.org intrepid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ftp.ticklers.org intrepid/main Packages

3) What you expected to happen

When I save a web page from firefox, I would like to be able to see network drives as well as local drives in the gnome file save dialogue / dialog window. The same is true for file uploading. In other gnome apps, e.g. gedit, I can see the network drives.

4) What happened instead

I only see local drives.

Update - I am guessing this is something (all) to do with gnome-vfs in that firefox does not talk to gnome-vfs whereas gedit does.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Do you have the firefox-3.0-gnome-support package installed?

[Darshaka Pathirana (dpat)]

Hi!

I can confirm the exact same problem (see screenshot attached by yeeking) in Ubuntu/jaunty:

% lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

% dpkg -l | grep firefox-3.0
ii firefox-3.0 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii firefox-3.0-branding 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Package that ships the firefox branding
ii firefox-3.0-gnome-support 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Support for Gnome in Mozilla Firefox

Greetings,
 - Darsha

[Ubaldo Porcheddu (ubaldo)]

Hi,

same problem here with ubuntu 9.10...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Darshaka Pathirana (dpat)]

Changed package from "firefox-3.0" to "firefox". This bug still applies and shouldn't be expired.

(Btw. who is allowed to set the status to "confirmed"? Everybody? And why was this bug in "incomplete"? What was missing?)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]